The Department
of Health and Human Services released its final rule to replace
the ICD-9-CM code sets used to report healthcare diagnoses and procedures
in electronic healthcare transactions, with a compliance deadline
of October 1, 2013. More

Checklist reduces
surgical complications, mortality

A surgical
safety checklist reduced surgery-related complications and death by
more than one-third when implemented at eight hospitals around the
world, according to a new study published by the New England Journal
of Medicine. More

Patient satisfaction
data on Joint Commission site

Those
seeking information about how patients perceive the care they received
at a particular hospital can now find this information on The Joint
Commission’s Quality Check Web site: http://www.qualitycheck.org.
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CDC
report finds high burden of STDs

Reported
cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea in the United States exceeded 1.4
million in 2007, according to an annual report by the CDC. More

Survey: Americans
view healthcare reform as priority

Americans
rank action on healthcare as an important part of efforts to stem
the
impact of the economic recession, according to a national survey released
by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.
More

Group issues healthcare workforce forum summary

The
American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, a
personal membership group of the American Hospital Association, has
issued an executive summary from its recent Thought Leader Forum on
healthcare workforce issues, which covered topics ranging from labor
shortages to employee engagement and diversity. More

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